Land Use and Urbanization Modules 29 and 30

What is the dual goal/purpose of the Bureau of Land Management?

• manage public lands for multiple uses

• conserve natural, historical, and cultural uses of the land

• protect all public land from resource development

• use all public land for resource development

What are some reasons that deforestation occurs?

• farmland

• road space

• homes, factories, office buildings

• conservation

What is a negative effect of deforestation?

• loss of carbon dioxide storage

• soil erosion

• biodiversity loss

• increased oxygen production

Why did urbanization increase after the Industrial Revolution?

• farms were no longer needed

• all human needs could be met in cities

• food production decreased

• farms started producing surplus food, which allowed some families to stop farming and move to cities in search of different jobs

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

What is true about noise pollution?

• brightening of the night sky caused by artificial lights

• harmful or annoying levels of noise

• can cause health effects such as hypertension, high stress, hearing loss, sleep disturbances

• can cause health effects such as: cancer, sleep disturbances

What is a "heat island"?

• an island with a high temperature

• an area in which the temperature is several degrees higher than that of the surrounding area

• passive waste export

• causes more rain and collected pollution (smog) over cities

How can the heat island effect be minimized?

• planting trees, installing reflective roofs, increasing green areas in the city, increasing ground storage of rainfall

• creating more paved surfaces

• installing solar panels

• diverting runoff into nearby rivers

What is not an impact of urban sprawl?

• greater demand on electrical grid

• increased stress on water supply

• increased land used for community-based and vertical development

• less urban schools and jobs

What makes a city sustainable?

• banning plastic

• the ability to consume more resources than it produces

• the ability to continue without creating any pollution of any kind

• the ability to continue without depleting or destroying the resources that support it

How have cities tried to become more sustainable?

• cut per person water consumption during droughts or periods of water stress

• focused on eating local and on restaurants purchasing their food locally to avoid excess transportation costs

• hybrid-electric city buses, charging stations for electric vehicles, and providing more bike racks

• built super cycle highways and eliminated some recycling programs